Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kuningas.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkunikɑz/, [ˈkunʲikə̠z̥]
  • Rhymes: -unikɑz̥
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ni‧kõz

Noun edit

kunikõz

  1. king

Inflection edit

Declension of kunikõz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kunikõz kunikad
genitive kunika kunikaajõ, kunikai
partitive kunikassõ kunikaitõ, kunikai
illative kunikaasõ, kunika kunikaisõ
inessive kunikaz kunikaiz
elative kunikaassõ kunikaissõ
allative kunikaalõ kunikailõ
adessive kunikaallõ kunikaillõ
ablative kunikaaltõ kunikailtõ
translative kunikaassi kunikaissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn